Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-03-30
4 WlFES WORK
JOE HOWARD, JR., TELLS THE STORY
OF A NEWSPAPERS SUCCESS.


The Beginninc of u Rig H"sinss- QUAR-
fer of . ,entur, Ag"-What teminin"
Brain Exd Rrawn Helped =" A""""-
pH,h.
\ new epaper helpmcrt.
Nou know the New York Staats
Zeitung,
Snu know its magnificent granite buiId-
in,, that stands on what WAS once known
As Tyron row. now The base of City Hall
sorarr at the bridge entrance. with
cellars and outreachiugS that extend at
least "A hundred feet under the center
of the street. with no more right there
than | would have in the Kingdom ot
Heaven prior To the shutllirS off my
mortal coil.
Who owns it.
Oswald Ottrndorfer and the heirs OF
the late Mrs Ottendorfer.
PrrhanS Nou think Ottendorfer made
the ~taai~ XeilunG, aud coined the cash
which paid for that beautiful "rnamcnta-
tom
Not much.
60 back with me quarter If y century.
and in a little cellar, a kind Of black place
at that. look with me at sturdy, s;unhH'
-. I-;,-;rr- nusbiur energetic
-, ,,a,,sj III seq him set tyI,,.
( Soe him iustify II See him put it on the
stone. See him put it in the form. See
him lock up the form and watch him As
T he puts it on his hand press.
/ Does he work The press:
Ne, he dDcSn t.
nrt his Iyife works the press. A large,
sro l,nli,,, woman with a well dev.l-
i,l'o L'.I I.,a,,tifnIIv nropnrtioned
-. ,'I Nth inteuio,rc. written in
-. -, H., ~ hcr attractive, face She pulls
,';,h,,,,,-,,,.nr,, ,hr rusha. with expand-
~, ,,,,scr.. Sh, ,,nrl, hour uftcr hour
/ - -. f-,,,, tb, ,,rcs. thu. dampcp,l
N %. -, f'Jds i, Sh. sell. i, and she
stHS'. .,,,' - j., her nncLrt
f",r, T,,an, ,bi,t, work J,v after day. night
;,.h,
Tn. nIare is dirty.
~, rs,'r,.,unJincys ,rc unpIsosaut. the
- ~ ,,,,, ,,,h,, .,r. nriptrr, know. is not
y, e., SoI;,a,,. f,,,ars nr glossy skins or
g., - ToiIinr day in or dav out.
-, , ,iIr ,L. ,..,r, dirt crimes the under
cntirla these two helpmeetS. hand in
nv, ,i,t, =, c,,,,,,,o, sr,.,,t pourinr from
their b,Iies laid the foundation for the
Iooainc German ueysnaper OF the United
S,".nD-,r ,,,,cric,
Tha ,,orr,aI ras,,It
- ,,,,.,,vs
" ,,,, N, tben Many yand many
80 ,bo,- ,vopdared if the naper could
10 ,,,, o,,i Many a time and oft they
- ,I,o ,n,t,sr nron,r,d and type -,
- i,..;s,1 .,,1 il, tba form without one
- ~ norar d,,,rened for the press
-, ;,,,,,s.r- ,,arse,crsd in economy prar.
,;cod ,,,d g, cIavcr laid prorramme for cir.
,,,I.t;,, f,1,nvad ont led them on, stey
-, ,,t;l ,Loy ra,rb..d the basement
- H., on ,,Drar floor and then an
IT. it'll finally they ocCT1pied two
.,rao, buildip,rs an Chatham row
N,orr;,,,, oft.r r,orn;prr for months. 70,
; ,oors for dec,des Mrs I-hl came dowr
;ow, sc,a the papers and carried tbs
Ii,,,.,,.,- -,,rev in her Garnet bag TO hel
: howe
She sold the nspers. she took the cash
she kent the books, she paid the bills ant
oh. p,;d tbc balance, Gradually the,
= o-,,,,-n5 .r,,, tho reoIm of poyerty anC
,IoccJ their foot ON the solid rock Of in
5e,op1cuce
Tben hi died and WAS gathered 10 hi
= fotb,rs
2 M sb. ,,,orr;aa .ha hookkeeper. 70
..xbru the old man died the property sur
I viyrd " and Oswald Ottendorfer. tail
= bandSorpe Teutou who had been hired il
I the early d,ys of their prosperity, a gen